EP0005034A3 - Electronic image processing system - Google Patents

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EP0005034A3
EP0005034A3 EP79300611A EP79300611A EP0005034A3 EP 0005034 A3 EP0005034 A3 EP 0005034A3 EP 79300611 A EP79300611 A EP 79300611A EP 79300611 A EP79300611 A EP 79300611A EP 0005034 A3 EP0005034 A3 EP 0005034A3
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image processing
processing system
electronic image
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Butler W. Lampson
Severo M. Ornstein
James Y. Leung
Robert F. Sproull
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Xerox Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/22—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of characters or indicia using display control signals derived from coded signals representing the characters or indicia, e.g. with a character-code memory
    • G09G5/24—Generation of individual character patterns
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K15/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers
    • G06K15/02—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers
    • G06K15/10—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers by matrix printers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K2215/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
    • G06K2215/0002—Handling the output data
    • G06K2215/004—Generic data transformation
    • G06K2215/0042—Rasterisation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K2215/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
    • G06K2215/0002—Handling the output data
    • G06K2215/0062—Handling the output data combining generic and host data, e.g. filling a raster
    • G06K2215/0065—Page or partial page composition
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K2215/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
    • G06K2215/0082—Architecture adapted for a particular function
    • G06K2215/0094—Colour printing

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EP79300611A 1978-04-24 1979-04-12 Electronic image processing system Expired EP0005034B1 (en)

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US05/899,751 US4203154A (en) 1978-04-24 1978-04-24 Electronic image processing system
US899751 1992-06-17

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EP0005034A2 EP0005034A2 (en) 1979-10-31
EP0005034A3 true EP0005034A3 (en) 1979-11-28
EP0005034B1 EP0005034B1 (en) 1984-03-07

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EP (1) EP0005034B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS54142934A (en)
DE (1) DE2966742D1 (en)

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JPS54142934A (en) 1979-11-07
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EP0005034B1 (en) 1984-03-07
US4203154A (en) 1980-05-13

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